Cookies

Today was a cookies day. I baked chocolate chip cookies as well as peanut butter / pb chocolate chip cookies. I gingerly mixed the sugar and flour, the eggs and butter, the salt and brown sugar. I hoped with all my might that the baking soda and powder I added would make the cookies rise as big as the Roman Empire and not flatten like a deflated balloon on a hot summers day. On a side note, I don't measure baking powder or soda anymore. I just add a bit. This method seems to work for me.

Chocolate chip cookies turned out great. Perfectly puffed and wonderfully crisp on the outside and soft on the center. My peanut butter cookies came out very wrinkled! Is the oven a time machine that ages whatever is inserted by years and years? Most definitely. I whipped up a batch of my peanut butter frosting (you can't have peanut butter cookies without frosting!) and frosted those little cookies like a mad woman.

Today was also cheesecake day. I made the equivalent of 2 cheesecakes in batter and poured all the batter into a large rectangular pan, no crust. I baked this for 50 minutes and turned off the oven to let it cook slightly. Tomorrow, first thing, I will scoop out balls of cheesecake and stuff a lollipop stick in them. I will then freeze them and dip them in chocolate later. CHEESECAKE POPS!

Work has been slow. Are we worried? A tad. I am a bit discouraged. We have great food. We have a great staff. I will admit the location is not optimal. I don't know what we need to do to get more business. Dave is searching for a Marketing person to go out to the bigger businesses (banks, hospitals, etc) to gain catering and delivery business.

Tomorrow will be a good day. I hope to make my cheesecake balls first thing in the morning (perhaps get all fancy and dip some in nuts or sprinkles after chocolate!) and then I hope to make tiramisu. EEH! I will be sure to take pictures and write the directions out for you.

Have a great day!